Foot-rest for carriages.



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Patented Apr..l0, 190W.

(Application-med Feb. 27, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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SAMUEL R. BAILEY, AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

FOOT-REST FOR CARRIAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 646,942, dated April 10, 1900.

Application led February 27, 1900. serial No. 6,732. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

3e it known that I, SAMUEL R. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at No. 188 Main street, Amesbury, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Eoot- Rests Jfor Carriages or other Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in adjustable foot-rests for carriages or other vehicles; and it has for its object to readily adjust the position of the foot-rest relative lto the seat and the lengthof the lower limbs of the driver or occupant of the vehicle, so as to produce a proper and comfortable footsupport, as will hereinafter be more fully shown and described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 represents a top plan view of the improved adjustable foot-rest shown as applied to the forward portion of a carriagebody. Fig. 2 represents a side elevationnof the invention shown as applied to a carriagebody, parts of the latter being shown in section; and Fig. 3 represents an enlarged section on the line 3 3 shown in Fig. 1.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on the different parts of the drawings.

In Figs. l and 2, A represents the body of a carriage, on which B is the dasher and C the seat, as usual.

To the carriage-body are secured a pair of metal brackets or supports D D, each one having at or near its upper end a perforated hub guide or socket d, as shown in the drawings.

E represents the adjustable foot-rcstbar, provided with preferably slightly curved transverse shanks or rods e e, received or guided in the sockets d d and adj ustably secured therein, preferably by means of thumb or set screws F F, as shown. The foot-rest bar E may readily be adjusted to and from the seat C simply by loosening the .binden screws F F, after which the bar E may be moved forward or backward, while its shanks or rods e e are adjusted in the perforated sockets or guides d d, and after the barE has been adjusted in its position relative to the seat C it is firmly secured in such adjusted position simply by tightening the setscrews or thumb-screws F E, as shown, causing the foot-rest bar to be held and secured irnily in its adjusted position. By making the shanks or rods e e slightly curved, as shown, the footrest bar E may readily be adjusted to and from the rider or occupant ofthe carriage without unduly raising the said foot-rest bar.

'By this simple construction a foot-rest can readily be adjusted, accordingto the length of the limbs of the person occupying the front seat of a carriage, thus providing a convenient and proper foot-support.

. The invention is very simple in construction and is composed of very few parts by means of which the foot-rest can be readily adjusted, as hereinabove described.

What I wish to secure by Letters Patent andclaim is The herein-described adjustable foot-rest for vehicles, consisting of brackets or supports D, D, secured to the carriage-body and having eac-h a perforated' socket or guide d, combined with a foot-rest bar E, having shanks or rods e, e, adj ustably arranged within the said sockets or guides d, d, anda setscrew or equivalent device for securing the said shanks or rods in their adjusted proper position Within said sockets or guides, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. i

SAMUEL R. BAILEY. Witnesses:

ALBAN ANDRN, LAURITZ N. MLLnn. 

